Professor of the Sociology of Education and Associate
Director (Higher Education) of the Economic and Social Research Council’s
Teaching & Learning Research Programme, Institute of Education, University of London

Education:BA (Hons), Sociology, University of Leeds 1966; PhD, University
of London 1975

Career:Miriam David is Professor of the Sociology of Education and Associate
Director (Higher Education) of the Economic and Social Research Council’s
(ESRC) Teaching & Learning Research Programme at the Institute of Education,
University of London. In this capacity she is responsible for research projects
on widening participation to and learning within higher education and issues
around social diversity and difference across all levels of education, including
lifelong learning. She is also supervisor of research students and education
doctoral students in Educational Foundations and Policy Studies. Professor
David is also a visiting professor at the University of Keele, where she was
Professor of Policy Studies in the Department of Education for six years during
which time she was responsible for inaugurating the professional doctorate
in education (EdD) and becoming its Programme Director. She continues to supervise
several doctoral students there. She is co-editor of 21st Century Society:
Journal of the Academy of Social Sciences (see url below).

Honours and awards:Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

Publications include:Personal & Political: Feminisms, Sociology and Family Lives 2003, Degrees of Choice: Social Class, Race and Gender in Higher Education (co-author) 2005, Get Real About Sex: The Politics and Practice of Sex Education (co-author) 2007; numerous articles in professional journals